Stanford News Service

Stanford on iTunes U, the first public iTunes U site, reached a 40 million download milestone. (September 28, 2011)

At Stanford 2009 Roundtable, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Stanford President John Hennessy blasted the U.S. immigration policy that forces foreign students to return to their home country after begin educated in the United States. (October 24, 2009)

Moderated by Charlie Rose, the 2009 Stanford Roundtable diagrammed the near collapse of the U.S. economy, and then looked at solutions such as developing a strong manufacturing base of innovative technology. (October 24, 2009)

Stanford President John Hennessy makes opening remarks at the fifth anniversary of the Woods Institute for the Environment at the Hewlett Teaching Center. (October 21, 2009)

Stanford's Memorial Church was the site of a chant camp, singers in unison. Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4, which lead the camp, describes the exercise as "mystical." (October 19, 2009)

Among the dignitaries speaking at Stanford's 119th Opening Convocation Ceremony's was University President John Hennessy. (September 15, 2009)

Cheers and personal shout-outs of welcome greet the members of the Stanford class of 2013 as they arrive on campus on move-in day. (September 15, 2009)

Free videos of Stanford's wildly popular course on creating applications for the iPhone and iPod touch have now been downloaded a remarkable million times from Stanford's site on iTunes U in the iTunes Store -- in just seven weeks. (May 19, 2009)

After years of design and construction, the world’s brightest X-ray machine has come to life at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in the hills near Stanford University. (April 21, 2009)

Stanford junior Kayvon Beykpour demonstrates the latest version of iStanford, the iPhone application that includes mobile versions of the university's course catalog, campus map, and directory. (March 16, 2009)

On March 6, the team of entrepreneurial students who launched the iStanford application last fall debuted version 2.0 of the suite for download through Apple's App Store. (March 16, 2009)

Former Secretary of State and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Condoleeza Rice discussed the importance of immigration reform in opening remarks for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's (SIEPR) 2009 Economic Summit. (March 13, 2009)

Stanford assistant professor and entrepreneur, Ge Wang makes music with a mobile phone orchestra and iPhone ocarina. (March 4, 2009)

Stanford physicists have written and stored the University’s initials, “S” and “U,”  in patterns of electron waves, creating the world’s smallest writing. (January 29, 2009)

Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world's tribulations -- economic, environmental and political -- Stanford University is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus on energy issues. (January 12, 2008)

Stanford artificial intelligence researchers have developed software that makes it easy to reach inside an existing video and place a photo on the wall so realistically that it looks like it was there from the beginning. (November 13, 2008)

Students, faculty and staff greeted the Class of 2012 on Tuesday as the incoming freshmen moved in to their residence halls. There were activities for the new students and their parents throughout the day. (September 17, 2008)

Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. (August 28, 2008)

GLAST, the Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope, was launched into Earth orbit on June 11, 2008.  Unlike the human eye, it can see gamma rays, a powerful form of light that is above the spectrum of visible light. (June 11, 2008)

Stanford's centennial commemoration of the 1906 earthquake is an opportunity to educate others on both the short- and long-term effects of the quake on the Stanford community.

If you are a non-smoker at an outdoor cafe, you may be exposed to unhealthy plumes of tobacco smoke, especially if you're less than two feet downwind of a smoldering cigarette, according to a new study by Stanford researchers. (May 9, 2007)

Eco-friendly and efficient, the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building is setting the standard for 21st-century buildings at Stanford. (May 2, 2007)

Stanford professor Chris Field, director of the Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology, discusses his March 16 study, which found that global warming caused annual losses of about $5 billion for wheat, corn and other products. (March 21, 2007)

Susanna Loeb, associate professor of education, discusses a major new report on California schools that calls for a complete overhaul of its broken finance and governance systems. (March 21, 2007)

Psychologist Carol Dweck says people’s self-theories about intelligence have a profound influence on their motivation to learn. (February 7, 2007)

Stanford President John Hennessy addressed the Academic Council in Cubberley Auditorium April 20, presenting an agenda that will dramatically expand pursuit of the Arts on Campus. (April 26, 2006)

Bill Walsh, who guided the San Francisco 49ers to three Super Bowl titles and inspired hundreds of student-athletes during his tenure as head football coach at Stanford, died of leukemia on July 30 at his Woodside home. (July 30, 2007)

The class of '07 is the first to have its Commencement -- and the Wacky Walk -- in the newly remodeled Stanford Stadium. (June 17, 2007)

It looks like a regular BMW, except for the Hydrogen badge. The company plans to build 100 for daily use. Two of them were demonstrated at Stanford. (May 16, 2007)

President John Hennessy at the annual meeting of the Academic Council, reviewing the accomplishments of the past year and leading a panel discussion on “A Cultured and Useful Citizenry: The Role of Creativity and the Arts in a 21st Century Education.”

President John Hennessy leading a panel discussion on “A Cultured and Useful Citizenry: The Role of Creativity and the Arts in a 21st Century Education.”

Near collisions highlight how dangerous it is to ride a bike at Stanford if you are not paying attention. Police this week issued friendly warnings and tickets to cyclists buzzing stop signs, riding the wrong way and lacking registration.

In September 2006, 71 years after the USS Macon plunged into the Pacific, a team of marine researchers, including engineers from Stanford, conducted the first comprehensive survey of the airship's final resting place.

Christiane Amanpour delivered the first annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture. In her talk, “Journalism and the World,” Amanpour reflected on the media coverage of international issues since 9/11 and the Bush administration’s failures in Iraq.

The agreement this week between Stanford and Google to digitize university library materials will catapult the university's digital output “from the boutique scale to the truly industrial,” says University Librarian Michael Keller.

More than 100 researchers and support staff who worked on the Gravity Probe B mission gathered on the patio of the Ginzton Laboratory to receive a group achievement award from NASA on Nov. 30.

Shava Ibrahim, an architecture student at Koya University in Suleimanyah, Iraq is greeted at San Francisco Airport by the members of the Stanford Iraq Student Exchange Program as Shayan Shair.

Between 65- and 200-million years ago, pterosaurs (flying reptiles) populated the sky. But only a few days ago, a pterosaur (albeit a mechanical one) was spotted gliding along Serra Mall (albeit attached to the back of a pickup truck).

Stanley crosses the finish line in Primm, Nev., winning the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.

Five of Stanford's best chefs got 70 minutes each to show their culinary stuff at Tressider's Oak room on Nov. 17th.  The dish was lamb, the competition intense, and done under the watchful eye of a sophisticated jury of their peers. 

When he spoke Nov. 4, 2005 at Memorial Church, the Dalai Lama said nonviolence is the only way progress can be made with China. He also visited the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford.

Aimee Custis, a visiting student from Tulane University, is grateful for the hospitality of Stanford, but she is ready help repair the ravaged Ninth Ward in New Orleans. A junior, she says helping restore the city is a once in a lifetime opportunity.